And hardest of all was the force needed to unhorse a performer hesitant to fall on cue. |
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At the tilt, in which mounted knights with lances tried to unhorse one another, the knight was practicing the art of war, his raison d'ĂȘtre. |
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Joust, western European mock battle between two horsemen charging each other with levelled lances, each attempting to unhorse the other. |
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We see the use of lances with hooks, to unhorse an opponent, but there is little mounted archery, and too much man-to-man sword fighting in small, confused melees. |
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Even so, the oilier side of our nature has never threatened to unhorse the cowboy entirely, not even now, when the pressure to develop every last seam of energy is end-of-administration intense. |
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